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Shiva Kavacham
Shiva Kavacham
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Devotional text
īiśavakavaca
{|| īiśavakavaca ||}
aya ī iśavakavaca tomahāmaya
ṛṣabhayogīvara ṛiṣaḥ |
anuṭu chadaḥ | īsābasadāiśavo devatā |
oṃ bīja |
namaḥ śataḥ |
iśavāyeita kīlaka |
mama sābasadāiśavaīyatha jape ivinayogaḥ |
karayāsaḥ
oṃ sadāiśavāya aṃguṭhāyāṃ namaḥ |
naṃ gaṃgādharāya tajanīyāṃ namaḥ |
maṃ mṛyujayāya mayamāyāṃ namaḥ |
śa śūlapāṇaye anāimakāyāṃ namaḥ |
vāṃ ipanākapāṇaye kinaṭhakāyāṃ namaḥ |
yaṃ umāpataye karatalakarapṛṭhāyāṃ namaḥ |
dayāida aṃgayāsaḥ
oṃ sadāiśavāya dayāya namaḥ |
naṃ gaṃgādharāya iśarase vāhā |
maṃ mṛyujayāya iśakhāyai vaṣa |
śa śūlapāṇaye kavacāya hu |
vāṃ ipanākapāṇaye neyāya vauṣa |
yaṃ umāpataye aāya pha |
bhūbhuvasuvaroimita idabadhaḥ ||
yāna
vadaṃṃ inayanaṃ kālakaṭha maradama |
sahakaramayuṃ vade śabhuṃ umāpita ||
ākakaṇalasakaradaḍayumaḥ
pālātarālisatabhamadhṛtipuḥ |
pacāraṃ pirapaṭha varamarājaṃ
yāya sadā paśupata śaraṇaṃ jethāḥ ||
ataḥ paraṃ savapurāṇaguṃ
inaḥśeṣapāpaughaharaṃ piva |
jayadaṃ savaivapamocanaṃ
vayāima śaiva kavacaṃ ihatāya te ||
pacapūjā
laṃ pṛithayāmane gadhaṃ samapayāima |
haṃ ākāśāmane pupaiḥ pūjayāima |
yaṃ vāvāmane dhūpa āāpayāima |
raṃ ayāmane dīpaṃ daśayāima |
vaṃ amṛtāmane amṛtaṃ mahānaiveṃ inavedayāima |
saṃ savamane savapacārapūjāṃ samapayāima ||
maḥ
ṛṣabha uvāca ---
namakṛya mahādevaṃ ivavayāipanamīvara |
vaye iśavamayaṃ vama savaraākaraṃ nṛṇā || 1||
śucau deśe samāsīno yathāvakapatāsanaḥ |
ijateiyo ijataāṇacatayechavamayaya || 2||
puḍarīkātarasinivaṭaṃ
vatejasā yātanabho'vakāśa |
atīiyaṃ sūmamanatamāṃ
yāye parānadamayaṃ maheśa ||
yānāvadhūtāikhalakamabadha-
caraṃ icadānada inamanacetāḥ |
ṣaḍarayāsa samāihatāmā
śaivena kuyakavacena raā ||
māṃ pātu devo'ikhaladevatāmā
saṃsārakūpe pitataṃ gabhīre |
tanāma idayaṃ paramamūlaṃ
dhunotu me savamaghaṃ idatha ||
sava māṃ ratu ivavamūta-
yaitamayānadaghanacadāmā |
aṇoriṇayānuśatarekaḥ
sa īvaraḥ pātu bhayādaśeṣā ||
yo bhūvapeṇa ibabhata ivavaṃ
pāyāsa bhūmegiraśo'ṭamūtaḥ |
yo'pāṃ vapeṇa nṛṇāṃ karoita
saṃjīvanaṃ so'vatu māṃ jaleyaḥ ||
kapāvasāne bhuvanāina davā
savaiṇa yo nṛyita bhūiralīlaḥ |
sa kālao'vatu māṃ davāneḥ
vāyāidabhīterikhalāca tāpā ||
dītivaukanakāvabhāso
ivaāvarābhīita kuṭhārapāiṇaḥ |
catumukhatapuṣineḥ
āyāṃ thato ratu māmaja ||
kuṭhārakheṭākuśa śūlaḍhakā-
kapālapāśā guṇādadhānaḥ |
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catumukho nīlaicineḥ
pāyādaghoro idiśa diṇayā ||
kudeduśakhaphiṭakāvabhāso
vedāmālā varadābhayākaḥ |
yacatuva ubhāvaḥ
sao'idhajāto'vatu māṃ tīyā ||
varāmālābhayaṭakahataḥ
sarojikajakasamānavaṇaḥ |
ilocanacācatumukho māṃ
pāyādudīyāṃ idiśa vāmadevaḥ ||
vedābhayeṭākuśaṭakapāśa-
kapālaḍhakāraśūlapāiṇaḥ |
isatauitaḥ pacamukho'vatāmāṃ
īśāna ūva paramakāśaḥ ||
mūdhanamayāmama camauilaḥ
bhālaṃ mamāyādatha bhālaneḥ |
nee mamāyāganehārī
nāsāṃ sadā ratu ivavanāthaḥ ||
pāyātī me uitagītakītaḥ
kapolamayāsatataṃ kapālī |
vaṃ sadā ratu pacavao
ijavāṃ sadā ratu vedijavaḥ ||
kaṭhaṃ igarīśo'vatu nīlakaṭhaḥ
pāiṇayaṃ pātu ipanākapāiṇaḥ |
domūlamayāmama dhamabāhuḥ
vaḥthalaṃ damakhātako'yā ||
mamodaraṃ pātu igarīdhavā
mayaṃ mamāyāmadanātakārī |
herabatāto mama pātu nābha
pāyākaṭa dhūjaiṭarīvaro me ||
ūyaṃ pātu kuberimao
jānuyaṃ me jagadīvaro'yā |
jaghāyugaṃ pugavaketurayā
pādau mamāyāsuravapādaḥ ||
mahevaraḥ pātu idanāidayāme
māṃ mayayāme'vatu vāmadevaḥ |
ilocanaḥ pātu tṛtīyayāme
vṛṣavajaḥ pātu idanāyayāme ||
pāyāinaśādau śiśaśekharo māṃ
gagādharo ratu māṃ inaśīthe |
gaurīpitaḥ pātu inaśāvasāne
mṛyujayo ratu savakāla ||
ataḥthataṃ ratu śaṃkaro māṃ
thāṇuḥ sadā pātu bihaḥthataṃ mā |
tadatare pātu pitaḥ paśūnāṃ
sadāiśavo ratu māṃ samatā ||
itaṭhatamayā bhuvanaikanāthaḥ
pāyājataṃ mathāidhanāthaḥ |
vedātaveo'vatu māṃ inaṣaṇaṃ
māmayaḥ pātu iśavaḥ śayāna ||
māgaṣu māṃ ratu nīlakaṭhaḥ
śailāidadugaṣu purayāiraḥ |
arayavāsāida mahāvāse
pāyāmṛgayādha udāraśataḥ ||
kapātakālopaṭukopa-
phuṭāhāsocilatāḍakośaḥ |
ghorāirasenāṇava dunavāra-
mahābhayātu vīrabhaḥ ||
payavamātagarathāvaithanī-
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sahalaāyuta koiṭabhīṣaṇa |
aauihaṇīnāṃ śatamātatāiyanāṃ
ichaāmṛḍo ghorakuṭhāra dhārayā ||
inahatu dayūlayānalācaḥ
valaśūlaṃ ipurātakaya |
śādūlasahavṛkāidahaā
saṃāsayavīśadhanuḥ ipanākaḥ ||
duḥ vana duḥ śakuna dugaita daumanaya-
dubha duyasana duḥsaha duyaśāṃisa |
upātatāpivaṣabhīitamasahāta
yādhaca nāśayatu me jagatāmadhīśaḥ ||
oṃ namo bhagavate sadāiśavāya
sakalatavāmakāya
savamavapāya
savayaāidhaṭhatāya
savatavapāya
savatavivadūrāya
āvatāiraṇe
nīlakaṭhāya
pāvatīmanohariyāya
somasūyanalocanāya
bhamoūilativahāya
mahāmiṇa mukuṭadhāraṇāya
māiṇayabhūṣaṇāya
sṛṭathitalayakāla-
rauāvatārāya
daāvaravaṃsakāya
mahākālabhedanāya
mūladhāraikinalayāya
tavātītāya
gaṃgādharāya
savadevāidadevāya
ṣaḍāyāya
vedātasārāya
ivagasādhanāya
anatakoiṭaāḍanāyakāya
anata vāsuika taka-
kakaṭaka śakha kuilaka-
pa mahāpaeita-
aṭamahānāgakulabhūṣaṇāya
ṇavavapāya
icadākāśāya
ākāśa ida vapāya
hanamāilane
sakalāya
kalakarihatāya
sakalalokaikaka
sakalalokaikabha
sakalalokaikasaṃha
sakalalokaikagurave
sakalalokaikasāiṇe
sakalinagamaguāya
sakalavedātapāragāya
sakalalokaikavaradāya
sakalalokaikaśaṃkarāya
sakaladuiratātabhajanāya
sakalajagadabhayaṃkarāya
śaśākaśekharāya
śāvatinajāvāsāya
inarākārāya
inarābhāsāya
inarāmayāya
inamalāya
inamadāya
inacatāya
inarahaṃkārāya
inaraṃkuśāya
inakalakāya
inaguṇāya
inakāmāya
inapalavāya
inapavāya
inaravaāya
inaratarāya
inakāraṇāya
inarātaṃkāya
inapacāya
inasagāya
inaāya
inarādhārāya
nīrāgāya
inaodhāya
inalapāya
inapāpāya
inabhayāya
inavakapāya
inabhadāya
inayāya
inatulāya
inaḥsaṃśayāya
inaraṃjanāya
inapamivabhavāya
inayaśubumutapirapūṇa-
sacadānadāyāya
paramaśātavapāya
paramaśātakāśāya
tejopāya
tejomayāya
tejo'idhapataye
jaya jaya
mahā
mahārau
bhaāvatāra
mahābhairava
kālabhairava
kapātabhairava
kapālamālādhara
khavāga camakhagadhara pāśākuśa-
ḍamaśūla cāpabāṇagadāśatabhidapāla-
tomara musala mura pāśa piragha-
bhuśuḍī śatanī caāāyudhabhīṣaṇākāra-
sahamukhadaṃākarālavadana
ivakaṭāhāsa ivaphāirata āḍamaḍala
nāgekuḍala
nāgehāra
nāgevalaya
nāgecamadhara
nāgeinaketana
mṛyujaya
yabaka
ipurātaka
ivavapa
ivapā
ivavevara
vṛṣabhavāhana
ivaṣivabhūṣaṇa
ivavatomukha
savatomukha
māṃ ra ra
valavala
vala vala
mahāmṛyubhayaṃ śamaya śamaya
apamṛyubhayaṃ nāśaya nāśaya
rogabhayaṃ usādayosādaya
ivaṣasapabhayaṃ śamaya śamaya
corā māraya māraya
mama śaū ucāṭayocāṭaya
iśūlena ivadāraya ivadāraya
kuṭhāreṇa ibhidha ibhidha
khagena ichi ichi
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khavāgena ivapodhaya ivapodhaya
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musalena inapeṣaya inapeṣaya
bāṇaiḥ saṃtāḍaya saṃtāḍaya
ya raāṃisa bhīṣaya bhīṣaya
aśeṣa bhūtā ivaāvaya ivaāvaya
kūmāḍabhūtavetālamārīgaṇa-
rāsagaṇā saṃāsaya saṃāsaya
mama abhayaṃ ku ku
mama pāpaṃ śodhaya śodhaya
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ivataṃ māṃ āvāsaya āvāsaya
narakamahābhayā māṃ ura ura
amṛtakaṭāvīṇena māṃ-
ālokaya ālokaya saṃjīvaya saṃjīvaya
uṛṇāta māṃ āyāyaya āyāyaya
duḥkhāturaṃ māṃ ānadaya ānadaya
iśavakavacena māṃ āchādaya āchādaya
hara hara mṛyuṃjaya yabaka sadāiśava
paramiśava namate namate namaḥ ||}
pūvava - dayāida yāsaḥ | pacapūjā ||
bhūbhuvasuvaroimita idavamokaḥ ||
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ṛṣabha uvāca ---
iyetaparamaṃ śaivaṃ kavacaṃ yātaṃ mayā |
sava bādhā śamanaṃ rahayaṃ sava deihanā ||
yaḥ sadā dhārayemayaḥ śaivaṃ kavacamuma |
na taya jāyate kāipa bhayaṃ śabhoranuhā ||
īṇāyuḥ ātamṛyuva mahārogahato'ipa vā |
saḥ sukhamavānoita dīghamāyuca ivadita ||
savadāirayaśamanaṃ saumāgayivavadhana |
yo dhae kavacaṃ śaivaṃ sa devairipa pūyate ||
mahāpātakasaghātaimuyate copapātakaiḥ |
dehāte mutamānoita iśavavamanubhāvataḥ ||
vamipa yā vasa śaivaṃ kavacamuma |
dhārayava mayā daṃ saḥ eyo vāyisa ||
īsūta uvāca ---
iyuvā ṛṣabho yogī tamai pāthava sūnave |
dadau śakhaṃ mahārāvaṃ khagaṃ ca airinaṣūdana ||
punaca bhama saṃmaṃya tadagaṃ pirato'pṛśa |
gajānāṃ ṣasahaya iguṇaya balaṃ dadau ||
bhamabhāvā saātabalaivaya dhṛita mṛitaḥ |
sa rājapuḥ śuśubhe śaradaka iva iyā ||
tamāha ājala bhūyaḥ sa yogī nṛpanadana |
eṣa khago mayā datapomaānubhāvataḥ ||
iśatadhārimamaṃ khagaṃ yamai daśayase phuṭa |
sa sao iyate śauḥ sāāmṛyuripa vaya ||
aya śakhaya inadaṃ ye vita tavāihatāḥ |
te mūchatāḥ pitayita yataśaā ivacetanāḥ ||
khagaśakhāivamau idayau parasaiyivanāśakau |
āmasaiyavapaāṇāṃ śauyatejoivavadhanau ||
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etayoca bhāvena śaivena kavacena ca |
iṣasaha nāgānāṃ balena mahatāipa ca ||
bhamadhāraṇa sāmayachausaiyaṃ ivajeyase |
āya sahāsanaṃ ipayaṃ gotā'isa pṛithavīimamā ||
iita bhaāyuṣaṃ sayaganuśāya samātṛka |
tāyāṃ sapūijataḥ so'tha yogī vairagitayayau ||
{|| iita īkadamahāpurāṇe orakhaḍe iśavakavaca
bhāva vaṇanaṃ nāma ādaśo'yāyaḥ sapūṇaḥ ||About this kavacham — Shiva
Devotional recitation is one of the simplest and most powerful practices in the Hindu tradition. Regular chanting calms the mind, purifies the atmosphere of the home, and deepens one’s connection with the deity. These sacred compositions have been sung by devotees for generations and are suitable for daily practice, during morning or evening puja, or on special festival days.
How to chant
Sit comfortably facing your home altar or a clean, quiet space. Light a lamp or incense if you wish. Begin with a short prayer to Ganesha, then recite the text slowly and clearly, focusing on the meaning rather than speed. Consistency matters more than duration — even five minutes of daily chanting brings visible peace of mind.
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